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277 Pa‘akea. Fishpond, Pearl Harbor, O‘ahu. Lit., coral bed, limestone. Pa‘akò. Coastal area, Mâkena, Maui. Where Miller of Miller’s Hill made his home. Lit., dry lowland plain. Pa‘alaea. Island (.16 acres, 40 feet high), North Kohala, Hawai‘i. One of three islands, including Mokupuku and Paoakalani, off Honoke‘a Valley on the north side of the Kohala Mountains. The islands are sea stacks—rocks isolated from the main island by erosion. Pâ‘auhau Landing. Fishing site, Pâ‘auhau, Hawai‘i. One of the few former interisland steamer landing sites on the Hâmâkua Coast. Remnants include the concrete footing of the landing at the base of the sea cliffs and an inclined railroad bed that leads to the top of the bluff. Lit., tribute enclosure. Pacers. Dive site, surf site, Kîholo, Hawai‘i. In the center of Kîholo Bay off the beachfront home of Dr. Earl E. Bakken, inventor of the pacemaker. Bakken is the founder of Medtronics , Inc., a company that specializes in electrical medical devices. Pacers is an abbreviation of pacemaker. Also known as Middle of the Bay. Pacific Missile Range Facility. Military base, Mânâ, Kaua‘i. Multipurpose naval installation on the shore of the Mânâ Coastal Plain that is an important center for the detection of aircraft and vessels in the Pacific. Public access is permitted to the long calcareous sand beach that fronts the facility. Also known as PMRF. Pahe‘e o Lono. Point, Molokini, Maui. North point of Molokini island. Lit., (the god) Lono’s slide. Pahiomu. Fishpond, Kamalò, Moloka‘i. Pâhoehoe. 1. Beach park, dive site, North Kona, Hawai‘i. Tiny pocket of calcareous sand and coral rubble on a rocky shore. A low seawall lines the seaward edge of the park. The former village of Pâhoehoe was located near the park. The dive site is off the beach. 2. Lava flow, Pâhoehoe, Hawai‘i. One of three p Pâhonu 278 p lava flows from an eruption in the southwest rift zone of Mauna Kea that began on June 1, 1950. Each of the flows reached the ocean, creating small pockets of black sand on a coast of sea cliffs. Boaters use the flows as landmarks. Also known as Second Flow. Lit., smooth lava. Pâhonu. Beach, fishpond, residence, surf site, Waimânalo, O‘ahu. At the south end of Waimânalo Beach. Remnants of a fishpond called Pâhonu are off the beach. Turtles were kept in the pond for a chief of the district. The beachfront residence named Pâhonu inland of the pond was used from 1980 to 1988 as the base of operations for the popular television series, Magnum P.I. The surf site borders a small channel through the reef and is also known as Magnums. Lit., turtle enclosure. Pahu I‘a. Surf site, Kûki‘o, Hawai‘i. Off the Pahu I‘a Restaurant on the shore of the Four Seasons Resort Hualâlai. Lit., aquarium. Pahukapu. Beach, Nâpo‘opo‘o, Hawai‘i. Also known Manini Beach. Lit., sacred drum. Pahulu. Heiau, Kualoa, O‘ahu. Shrine formerly onshore but now in the ocean due to shore erosion and consisting of a cluster of stones at the edge of the beach. Near the old sugar mill and visible at low tide. Name of the god of nightmares. Pahumoa. Beach, Lâ‘ie, O‘ahu. Calcareous sand beach fronting Lâ‘ie Beach Park. Named for Pahumoa, a fisherman from Lâ‘ie Malo‘o in the late 1800s and early 1900s who lived here and kept his nets on the beach adjacent to Kòloa Stream. He was well known in Lâ‘ie for his generosity and gave fish to everyone in the village, especially to those who could not fish for themselves. Pahumoa conducted many hukilau, a method of community net fishing. Also known as Lâ‘ie Beach Park, Pounders. Pahuula. Fishing site, Lâ‘ie, O‘ahu. Cluster of three rocks nearshore on the shallow reef in the center of Laniloa Beach. Resident fishermen kept lobsters live here in traps. Lit., lobster box. Pâ‘ia. Bay, beach park, surf site, Pâ‘ia, Maui. Calcareous sand beach with dunes in the backshore that was a former rubbish dump. The site was cleared and converted into a park in 1934 as a community service project of the Outdoor Circle. The surf site is offshore the beach park and the bodysurf site is a shorebreak. Lit., noisy. Pai...
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